I. COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERIOD
II. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
III. THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND
IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF NATURALISM
V. STRENGTH AND SINCERITY OF THE LOVE OF NATURE
VI. RURAL LIFE AND ITS POETRY
VII. NATURALISTIC ROMANTICISM
VIII. THE LAKE SCHOOL'S CONCEPTION OF LIBERTY
IX. THE LAKE SCHOOL'S ORIENTAL ROMANTICISM
X. HISTORICAL NATURALISM
XI. ALL-EMBRACING SENSUOUSNESS
XII. THE POETRY OF IRISH OPPOSITION AND REVOLT
XIII. EROTIC LYRIC POETRY
XIV. THE BRITISH SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
XV. REPUBLICAN HUMANISM
XVI. RADICAL NATURALISM
XVII. BYRON: THE PASSIONATE PERSONALITY
XVIII. BYRON: THE PASSIONATE PERSONALITY--(CONTINUED)
XIX. BYRON: HIS SELF-ABSORPTION
XX. BYRON: THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT
XXI. COMIC AND TRAGIC REALISM
XXII. CULMINATION OF NATURALISM
XXIII. BYRON'S DEATH
XXIV. CONCLUSION